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Enjoy a sneak peek of things to come now and follow along as we add even more to this already exciting agenda.

Tuesday, September 12

2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration

Pick up your badge and swag early and beat the line!

Location: Room 404 (4th Floor)

Wednesday, September 13

9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Registration

Pick up your badge and swag early and beat the line!

Location: Room 404 (4th Floor)

6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. | Golf Outing at Grey Rock Golf Club

Grey Rock Golf Club is the city of Austin’s premier golf club. The Jay Morrish-designed club offers 160 acres of majestic play alongside stately oaks. There are only a few spots left for this early riser outing. Tee time is 8:30 a.m.

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. | CoMFE

CoMFE will deliver a day of economic updates, investments, analytics, and round table discussions related to the state of the MLS industry. Learn more about guest speaker Bud Kulesza and make CoMFE part of the 60th annual conference experience.

8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Legal Seminar - Open To All

The CMLS2017 Legal Seminar is specially designed for industry staff and their legal council. There is no better way to prepare for legal challenges ahead.

The morning session is open to everyone from 8 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and includes breakfast and lunch. Then your organization can get even more out of the Legal Seminar by sending your legal council to a special afternoon session exclusive to attendees who represent a MLS or REALTOR associations and possess a JD or license to practice law.

Join us for the morning session – all attendees are welcome. Register Now.

10:15 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Custom Downtown Austin Tour

Join us for a custom four hour tour of Austin, Texas on Wednesday, Sept. 13. Take a high end ride to major landmarks and lesser known jewels around Austin. Experience Austin, Texas in a whole new light. From the infamous downtown 6th street, Texas State Capitol, art, and many more you will get the true funky vibe from Austin that makes it one of the fastest growing cities in the country. Have a tex-mex meal with Torchy’s Traveling Taco Truck and leave with a few souvenirs from the South Congress Shopping District. We can’t wait for you to join the fun.

1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Legal Seminar - MLS Attorneys Only

Your organization can get even more out of the Legal Seminar by sending your legal council to a special afternoon session exclusive to attendees who represent a MLS or REALTOR associations and possess a JD or license to practice law.

8:45 a.m. | The MLS Moment

The case of a strong, shared and consistent articulation of the value of MLS.

Speaker: Denee Evans – CEO, CMLS
Location: JW Grand Ballroom

8:55 a.m. | The Lifecycle of Business

Life, business, technology and MLS does not stand still. It is constantly changing. Join New York Times bestselling author and industry trend tracker Stefan Swanepoel as he opens our conference with a talk on Transformation. He discusses the business life cycle of the residential real estate brokerage industry, growth and opportunities, maturity and strategies, and what signs you and your leadership should be looking out for.

9:45 a.m. | Leadership: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Listen to insights into an industry known for its longevity and extensive experience, and how the MLS community can continue developing new executives to ensure depth of multi-generational leadership.

Speaker: Chris Carrillo – CEO, Metro MLS
Location: JW Grand Ballroom

9:55 a.m. | Living A Legacy: CMLS Hall of Fame Award

2017 CMLS President Lauren Hansen introduces the CMLS Hall of Fame Award, an honor that recognizes and acknowledges one recipient for a lifetime of leadership, energy, and intellect that has improved and elevated the multiple listing services industry.

Speaker: Lauren Hansen – President, CMLS
Location: JW Grand Ballroom

10:00 a.m. | 2017 CMLS Best Practices Survey

Marilyn Wilson reports on the key takeaways from the 2017 CMLS Best Practices Survey.

10:10 a.m. | Break

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your colleagues and peers and visit our exhibitor hall.

10:40 a.m. | Navigating a New Era: Jaime Casap

Jaime Casap, chief education evangelist for Google, will discuss change management, drawing parallels between his experiences in education and what is occurring within the multiple listing services industry today. As the world continues to change, the MLS must leverage its competitive advantage and change right along with it.

11:40 a.m. | Three Sides To Every Story

Join in on a candid discussion of the real estate industry and how to strengthen the relationships between brokers, agents, and the MLS so we may all better serve an increasingly complex marketplace.

Moderator: Art Carter – CEO, California Regional MLS

Panelists:

James Dwiggins – CEO, NextHome

Rebecca Jensen – CEO, MRED

Gregg Larson – CEO, Clareity
Location: JW Grand Ballroom

12:20 p.m. | Lunch

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your colleagues and peers and visit our exhibitor hall.

Location: Lonestar A-D (3rd Floor)

1:35 p.m. | Making Your Mark

Speaker: John Mosey – CEO, Northstar MLS
Location: JW Grand Ballroom

2:05 p.m. | The Language of Leadership

Every business has a personality, understand yours and you will communicate with your customer in every interaction with authenticity and consistency. Focus in the message, not the mechanism of delivery, and in the soul of your brand and have all your people speaking with the same voice.

2:55 p.m. | Recipes For Success

Ever wonder what it takes to develop a rock star marketing and communication plan for an MLS? Roll up your sleeves and listen in on a “tell all” panel discussion of best practices that share the secret ingredients needed to cook up an unforgettable MLS member communication plan.

4:15 p.m. | Creating Clear Divides: The Debate Of Church And State

Following up on Hahn’s highly rated presentation at CMLS2016, he will report back what he’s seen over the past year with the issue of separation of the MLS and the Association. He will then face a panel of experts on the Hot Seat who will question, challenge, and debate Hahn about the issues. With his varied background in finance, technology, product development, and startups, Hahn will bring an interesting twist to common CMLS2017 topics and go well beyond the most obvious trends in the MLS industry.

4:55 p.m. | Forecasting Economic Change

As the housing recovery continues at an appreciated rate, inventory is struggling to keep up with demand. And yet, skeptics continue to be cautious as fears of another “bubble” begin to surface. Do these fears have merit or are there other aggressive dynamics at work? Zillow Senior Economist Dr. Skylar Olsen will shed light of this subject, the U.S. housing market economics, and several metropolitan markets too.

5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. | President's Happy Hour

Please join CMLS and continue the conversation as we celebrate our members, and at 6pm raise your glass as we recognize CMLS 2017 President, Lauren Hansen. Drinks served until 6:30 p.m.

Location: JW Marriott Foyer

Friday, September 15

7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. | Registration

Location: Room 404 (4th Floor)

8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. | General Session

Location: JW Grand Ballroom (4th Floor)

8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | CMLS2017 Exhibit Hall

Location: JW Grand Ballroom Salons 1-4 (4th Floor)

7:30 a.m. | Breakfast

Location: Lone Star A-D (3rd Floor)

7:30 a.m. | Volunteer Leadership Breakfast

Volunteer leaders will enjoy an intimate breakfast with other leaders from across the country and join the national conversation. This smaller setting will give MLS volunteer leaders time to share ideas and discuss how they are working together in making the market work.

Location: Brazos (2nd Floor)

8:30 a.m. | Welcome Back - Encore Performance

Start off your morning with insight into where CMLS is headed in 2018 with CMLS President-Elect David Charron.

8:50 a.m. | CMLS Industry Update With Greg Robertson

Start the day with a laugh when Greg Robertson, publisher of VendorAlley.com, gives a “Weekend Update” style segment of industry news, rumors, gossip and lobby bar talk. This year is completely (Un)censored.

10:20 a.m. | Break

Don’t miss this opportunity to network with your colleagues and peers and visit our exhibitor hall.

10:50 a.m. | MLS Data and Media

Find out how generating useful information about prevailing market conditions can create an earned-media windfall for your MLS, REALTOR Association, and brokers based on a case study of the Texas Data Relevance Project by Texas Association of REALTORS (TAR). The project collects and aggregates data from 51 cooperating MLSs.

11:20 a.m. | Preventing The Regulatory Tsunami

In 2016, the Danger Report stated that “Regulatory Tsumani” was one of the greatest threats to Organized Real Estate. Listen to how this has become a serious challenge in Canada and how Associations and MLSs in the United States can work to avoid overwhelming regulatory and government intervention, and why Organized Real Estate needs to chart a better course forward.

11:40 a.m. | What's The Latest On Legal

A succinct synopsis of the major topics from the CMLS legal seminar, followed by a discussion of the 2008 NAR-DOJ settlement on VOWs, its historical impact on MLS, and what its expiration could mean for the future.

1:40 p.m. | Add/Edit from Outside the MLS, What are the Options?

Come meet a panel of experts who understand the problem brokers are trying solve, the challenge competing vendors need to consider, and the eventuality of MLSs supporting distributed add/edit solutions from multiple third parties.